Industrial-Organizational Psychologists

Executive Coach

Organizational Psychologist

Executive Coach

Career Coach

Job Information

Apply principles of psychology to human resources, administration, management, sales, and marketing problems. Activities may include policy planning; employee testing and selection, training and development; and organizational development and analysis. May work with management to organize the work setting to improve worker productivity.

Information

About 34 percent of psychologists are self-employed, mainly as private practitioners and independent consultants.

Employment growth will vary by specialty; for example, clinical, counseling, and school psychologists will have 11 percent growth; industrial-organizational psychologists, 26 percent growth; and 14 percent growth is expected for all other psychologists.

Acceptance to graduate psychology programs is highly competitive.

Job opportunities should be the best for those with a doctoral degree in a subfield, such as health; those with a master's degree will have good prospects in industrial-organization; bachelor's degree holders will have limited prospects.